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Danger level 10
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Common infection symptoms:
  • Slow internet connection
  • Slow Computer
  • Shows commercial adverts
  • Installs itself without permissions
  • Connects to the internet without permission
  • Annoying Pop-up's
Infection Video Malware Defense

Malware Defense

Malware Defense is actually classified as a rogue antispyware application. This may be due to the factor that Malware Defense makes use of misleading tricks and tactics in order to try and convince you that you have all types of threats on your computer system.Malware Defense is actually a clone of antimalware,Protection System as well as Core Guard Antivirus 2009. Malware Defense will make use of a fake scan report, fake system scan report results as well as fake computer security notifications. These are all one big fake attempt to try and make you buy the full version, which doesn’t actually exist.

Malware Defense may go by the following names:
• MalwareDefense
• Malware.Defense

Malware Defense may display some of the following symptoms:
• Annoying pop up messages.
• A fake scan report.
• Fake scan report results.
• Security system notifications.
• The option of buying a full version.
• Slow computer performance.
• Desktop settings that change.
• Your web browser may be redirected.

In order to remove Malware Defense from your computer, it is imperative that you make use of a decent antispyware removal product that is able to both detect and automatically remove Malware Defense for you. You can try the manual removal process, but you need to be warned that if you do something incorrectly, you run the risks of further damaging your computer. It is extremely important to drop everything that you are doing and to concentrate entirely on removing Malware Defense from your machine.

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How to manually remove Malware Defense

Files associated with Malware Defense infection:

installerMD.exe, installer[1].exe
installerMD.exe
mdext.dll
installer[1].exe
mdefense.exe

Malware Defense DLL's to remove:

mdext.dll

Malware Defense processes to kill:

installerMD.exe, installer[1].exe
installerMD.exe
installer[1].exe
mdefense.exe

Remove Malware Defense registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN Malware Defense
Malware Defense
MicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMalware Defense
MicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallMalware Defense
{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
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Comments

  1. A PC user Dec 24, 2009

    Well for me it sudenly.. started to show errors like from a Windows Security Center allert. Of Course i got suspicos and investigated the security center it self and well a suprise - the service was turned off. So i later discovered that it is caused by Malfare Defence not by the security center,

  2. rita Jan 25, 2010

    i paid for melware defence
    how can we stop this scam

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